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The Magic SOB forum is for posts of story sequences that are frequently vignette-based. Put those here while actual battle reports can go in Reports From the Field.You must talk like James T. Kirk in this forum at all times. Leonard Nimoy is fine too.

IM Sergeant: "Yes sir, we read you, what do you require?"Remus: "I have a major task to ask of you, I am pinned a Republic base, I do not have time to explain, but I have artifakts of extreme danger that need to be taken off world, I am without my staff. I require you to bring me a crystal so that I can complete the mission. But it's going to require you to engage the GR forces... You understand what this means?"IM Sergeant: *stammering* "Uh.. yes. yes sir, it will be done."

20170612_230531 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrIM Trooper: "Did he really just ask us to do that?"IM Sergeant: "Whatever they found today, must have been worth risking war over..Better be"IM Trooper: "That's an understatement..."

IM Sergeant: "Men!. the inspector has called on us to assist him in the gravest of missions, one that could cost us our lives and lead the Empire into a war. But that does not absolve us of our duty, our commander has discovered items of great danger that he must remove from this planet by any means necessary!... Our orders are to reach him.. inside the Galacian army base.. The only way we have a chance at this is if some stay behind to draw their forces out of the base. We have no heavy weapons so we have to keep them occupied, but not so much that they start sending armor and artillery after us. Henrik, Daniel, you two will do this, the rest will follow me into the woods where we were try to force ourselves into the base, preferably not through the front gate... That is all

IM Soldiers: "For the empire!"

20170612_231210 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrShortly after, the distraction team emerges at the edge of the woods into an empty field, with Galacian troops patrolling the outskirts of the base, debris from the earlier cultist attack still scattered

IM Sergeant: "I thought you said you knew how to drive this thing? You just set off every perimeter alarm in the base!"IM Trooper: "I didnt say that at all!, you just told me to put it through the wall"IM Sergeant: "With a little finesse maybe!"IM Trooper 2: "Sergeant, the others.. the gunfire stopped,"IM Sergeant: "You know what happened..."IM Trooper: "Blaze of glory!"20170612_233853 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrInside the walls, the remnants of the team rush toward's Remus' position, fighting defenders along the way

IM Sergeant: "Here! we found him!"Remus: "Finally!. Wait, you're all that's left? Where are the others?"IM Sergeant: "Some of the men are covering our flank"IM Trooper: "You heard that thunderstorm of gunfire? Some of us had to stay behind, how else did you think we were going to slip into the base with no heavy ordinance?"

Remus: "There's no time, I don't have a staff so this will have to do, these artifacts have to be sent to containment immediately!"

20170612_234142 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrHe places the crystal onto the artifakts and ties them together, giving them a jolt of magik, the items poof into thin air. and are teleported off the planet into a nearby starship to be sent to secure containment

Remus: "That's it!. it's done!. There's another one out there, but this is the most we could accomplish with our backs against the wall, it's time for us to get out of here

20170612_234433 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrThe Galacian troops advance down the path, and come up behind the Magikstrate force, guns drawn

Galacian Squad Leader: "Don't fukken move!"Galacian Lieutenant: "Ah this must be the little cyka that has been scampering around our base... I'll get promoted for your heads..

20170612_234503 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrOutgunned and mostly unarmed, the IM troops go to surrender20170612_234531 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrSeizing an opportunity, Remus blasts a magik missile into the shatter crystal, causing it to explode and melt everything in it's path

20170612_235043 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrPOOOMIM Trooper: "EYYAAHH!"As soon as the door opens, one of the troopers is blasted with some kind of energy explosion and flies backwards, killing him20170612_235543 by Dic Jacobus, on Flickr*the sounds of several clicks and beeps as a group of elite Galacian troops train their weapons on the Inspector's team*Waiting outside are several very dangerous looking warriors, with big guns, hulking power armor, and some who appear to be using some kind of magik themselves. Backed up by heavy armor

20170612_235812 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrBogatyr Lukash: "In the name of Supreme commander Shulga, you are under arrest.. Magikstrate!

20170613_000140 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrRemus: "We've done what we came to accomplish... This is a misunderstanding and we really meant no harm to you and yours, but what is done is done. Now You can either let us leave in peace. Or lead yourselves to ruin with war with the Magikstrate and it's formidable allies... do you really want to do this?"

Lukash: "Make no mistake, Mage. whether you leave here in shackles or in a bag... War is already a certainty, Your Tharcan puppet masters think us to be a pushover, that we'll roll over at the first sign of their arrival. They are gravely mistaken, and you are just another puppet who's been led to his own demise, But it doesn't have to be this way.. surrender, and you have my word that you will walk out alive, Your compatriots too..

Remus: "How noble, for someone making threats and boasts, talking about an assured war"

Lukash: "The die has already been cast, What's been done cannot be undone. Your nation is soon to become the unfortunate collateral damage of a greater conflict. Galacia had no quarrel with you.. until now... and all things considered.. well, you chose your side. And there's no backing down now.. So I say again, surrender yourselves to our custody. or die here now like the rest of those who followed you here.

20170613_000644 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrThe shatter shards bounce and plink harmlessly off the hulking power armored troops in front20170613_000835 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrThe Sergeant is gunned down by the troops, and in a quick motion Remus blasts the sword from the Bogatyr's hands..

20170613_001029 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrBogatyr Lukash pulls another weapon, a deadly OT Beamsaber.. and impales Remus in the abdomen

Remus: "Ugh... n. no.. not like this"

20170613_001121 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrLukash: "You'll live... you'll regret living after you've see the consequences of what your superiors sent you here to do today, from the inside of a Stalag cell that is, you don't get to bow out with a glorious death my friend..

Lukash: "Sergeant, take this one to the shuttle. Have the psioniks restrain him, no funny business. And get a channel open to central command ready for when I board."GR Elite Shocktrooper: "Yes, Guardsman!"

20170613_001506 by Dic Jacobus, on FlickrThe Bogatyr, and his escorts walk off, dragging the gravely wounded Remus along with them. his ultimate fate uncertain, and in a few short hours, War is likeley

Last edited by Kastrenzo on Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:16 pm, edited 3 times in total.

The meta discussions of brik politiks kind of influenced the direction of this, midway through it was decided that it would end in a direct conflict between the GR and IM as several members of the community were trying to kick off a war against IM, Poland, etc. This was mine, although I am planning 1 or 2 standalone soaps to follow this one, and eventually probably some battles or forum battles. time permitting

Wow, great job! I actually expected the IM to get away until the last second, so cool plot twist there! Also, I like how the IM troops sit behind cover instead of hiding behind it, like "eh, it's just another war zone..."

gotta love knitting needles. i can make you a scarf. i can make a hat. i can stab your eyes out. i can make mittens.